Jobs at The Whole Caboodle Harrogate 

Are you a quick, slick, reliable brick?

We’re looking for a positive and enthusiastic creative designer, a great headline writer who is typographically gifted and a great speller!!

Someone who is a team player, works with a smile on their face and enjoys working to tight deadlines… and we want you now!!!!

You will be able to devour nonsensical design briefs, bash the suits into shape when they ask for random amends and be able deliver exceptional creative work on time every time, whilst under tight and unfair deadlines.

You will need retail experience, we sell things for clients here, so features and benefits are our thing. You will be proficient in all the latest Adobe creative software – especially InDesign (oh, and HTML skills will come in handy too). So if you want to work in a busy creative environment, can eat up work and want to further your career you should be talking to us.

Ideally you will live locally to Harrogate, we have plenty of free parking and are 200 yards away from the train station – so commuting will be a doddle.

Oh and us! Well we are The Whole Caboodle a successful and long established digital marketing agency based in Harrogate… and by long, we mean we started before some of you were born! You can read the rest on our website.

So if you’re interested tell us about yourself, and send us your portfolio – oh yes one last thing the deadline for applications was yesterday! See told you, very unfair.

Not Hiring Snowflakes!

There we’ve said it – snowflakes need not apply and a thick skin is a distinct advantage.

We want dedicated web designers (two in fact) perfectionists who have a flair for design and can work like the clappers!

Your design and front end skills will need to be excellent, honed over years of blood sweat and tears fighting your corner with the execs and clients alike. You will have a passion for detail and brutal desire to get the best out of yourself, your colleagues and the devs.

Experience – yeah you need that, but enthusiasm, you will need that by the bucket load. So if you’re still interested and are looking to work in a fast paced varied and creative environment, read on.

We are The Whole Caboodle a successful and long established digital marketing agency based in Harrogate…and by long established, we mean we started before some of you were born…and well before the internet started.

So, if you’re a web savvy person, live locally, tell us about yourself, and send us a link to some of your work.

The UK digital industry is valued at over £42billion and is growing 6 times faster than any other industry – fancy a piece of the action?

The Whole Caboodle is a digital marketing agency based in central Harrogate and we’re looking for an enthusiastic and focussed Digital Executive to join our amazing team.

We offer a range of services including design, advertising, media and websites and have a national client-base, working across a broad number of sectors but with a particular specialism in automotive, where we have developed market-leading content management and online marketing platforms.

Join us and you’ll be working with fantastic clients at one of the most innovative, progressive and friendliest digital marketing agencies in the land.

 

So what’s the role?

Using our own bespoke CMS which has AI and machine learning capabilities (the first of its kind in the country) you will assist our many clients to successfully roll out a new website and at the same time maintain these sites as part of your daily duties.

A whizz on Excel and Word, you will also need to be a great problem solver and be able to think clearly whilst under pressure. Great interpersonal skills are also very important as you will be in direct contact with clients helping them maximise the impact of their website.

You will work as part of a team and thrive in the cut and thrust of a busy workload. Liaising with our offshore development team you will be able to give clear briefs and instructions to developers and designers alike.

 

Duties include:

• Day-to-day running and support of multiple client websites
• Troubleshoot and resolve website issues
• Managing website design and development
• Writing development briefs
• Content writing and page building on websites using our bespoke CMS
• Taking care technical admin tasks such as domain name management and server monitoring
• Website testing to ensure bug-free project delivery and mobile compatibility
• Marketing tasks such as email scheduling and some social media
• SEO maintenance for client websites

The ideal candidate will:

• A proactive organiser in problem-solving who can negotiate solutions
• Have a good level of computer literacy and an interest in digital
• Be a good communicator and be confident working with others
• Have great attention to detail
• Ideally live in the Harrogate area
• No previous experience necessary but knowledge of excel and/or content management systems is a bonus

 

In return, we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays)
• Plus time off at Christmas
• Staff socials
• Free parking
• Central location only 5 minutes’ walk from the bus and train stations
• Unlimited dog cuddles (5 office dogs and counting…)

This is a brilliant opportunity to start or make the next step in your digital career with a fun and supportive agency in leafy Harrogate. You don't necessarily need a degree - our main requirements are good old common sense, a positive attitude and a willingness to learn.